.@942Crew in full force at the @BobbyHurley11 fan press conference tonight. @SunDevilHoops pic.twitter.com/UpW47eYX0o
? Bill Kennedy (@SunDevilBK) June 19, 2015The non-conference dates are set and Pac-12 pairings are completed for Sun Devil men’s hoops this season.
While Pac-12 dates and game times for all games won’t be known until September, we do know that ASU will open its season on Friday, Nov. 13 against Sacramento State in Tempe, where the Sun Devils have posted a 47-8 mark in the past three seasons, and the Pac-12 season will open with a home game against Arizona (who ASU is 9-8 against in the past eight seasons).
SUN DEVIL 2015-16 NON-CONFERENCE SCHEDULE
Fri., Nov. 13 vs. SACRAMENTO STATE
Nov. 15-19 LEGENDS CLASSIC (TWO GAMES IN TEMPE)
Mon., Nov. 23 LEGENDS CLASSIC AT BARCLAYS CENTER (LSU/Marquette/NC State)
Tues., Nov. 24 LEGENDS CLASSIC AT BARCLAYS CENTER (LSU/Marquette/NC State)
Sun., Nov. 29 vs. UCSB
Wed., Dec. 2 at Creighton
Sat., Dec. 5 vs. Texas A&M
Sat., Dec. 12 at Kentucky
Wed., Dec. 16 at UNLV
Sat., Dec. 19 vs. Houston Baptist
Tues., Dec. 22 vs. St. John's in Las Vegas
Mon., Dec. 28 vs. Cal State Bakersfield
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? Cameron Cox (@CamCox12) June 19, 2015ON THE PAC-12 FRONT...
Below is the tentative Pac-12 schedule, but please note that the dates listed are dates that ASU can play either of the teams, with at least one day between each game. Dates listed are Wednesday through Sunday of that week. While ASU did play a Tuesday two years ago, we will list Wednesday through Saturday for summer purposes. ASU will miss the Oregon trip this year and won't host Colorado and Utah schools.
#ASUbasketball's Bobby Hurley held a Q&A for fans on Thursday night in Tempe. Read and watch what he had to say. http://t.co/yE0J7TX3f8
? azcentral sports (@azcsports) June 19, 2015SUN DEVIL PAC-12 PAIRINGS
DEC. 30-JAN. 3: For the second straight season, ASU will open its Pac-12 season vs. Arizona, but this one will be in Tempe, where ASU has topped the Wildcats in three of the past four meetings. ASU is 9-8 vs. Arizona in the past eight seasons,and the game will mark just the fourth time ASU has opened the Pac-12 season against Arizona in Tempe, and will be just the third time ASU has opened the league schedule at home in the past eight seasons.
PAC-12 OPENERS VS. ARIZONA IN TEMPE
#4 Arizona 93, ASU 74 (Jan. 3, 2004)
#15 ASU 53, #9 Arizona 52 (Jan. 5, 1995)
Arizona 61, ASU 60 (Jan. 5, 1985)
JAN. 6-10: ASU returns to Los Angeles, as it missed the USC/UCLA road swing in 2014-15. ASU last won at USC 62-53 on Jan. 5, 2012, and last won at UCLA on 61-58 in overtime over the ninth-ranked Bruins on Jan. 17, 2009 in a CBS broadcast with Derek Glasser and James Harden leading the way.
JAN. 13-17: ASU plays host to WSU and Washington for the first time since 2012-13. ASU holds a 39-36 series lead over WSU and has won three of the past four and seven of the past 10 overall and five straight in Tempe. ASU beat WSU 66-47 in the last Tempe meeting on Jan. 5, 2014.
JAN. 20-24: The Sun Devils will travel to the Bay Area, as it has won the past two at Haas Pavilion and five straight overall vs. the Golden Bears. ASU's 35-point 79-44 win Jan. 22 at Cal is its biggest Pac-12 win since since it beat Washington State by 41 (96-55) on Jan. 11, 2003, and the second-largest Pac-12 road win in school history, as it dealt the Golden Bears their second-largest home loss.
JAN. 27-JAN. 31: The Oregon schools will visit Tempe, as ASU is 7-1 vs. the Beavers in the past eight years and 25-12 against Oregon State in Tempe since it joined the Pac-10 in 1978-79, its most wins in Tempe against any team since joining the loop.
FEB. 3-7: Pullman and Seattle were bad and good for ASU last year. ASU lost a tough one in Pullman but bounced back with Sunday win in Seattle with Gerry Blakes leading the way.
FEB. 10-14: USC and UCLA come to Tempe in mid-February. ASU sent the eventual Pac-12 champions Bruins home with a 78-60 loss on Jan. 26, 2013. Last year ASU topped the Bruins on James Harden night (Feb. 18).
FEB. 17-21: Somewhere in these five days, the Sun Devils head to Tucson.
FEB. 24-FEB. 28: ASU makes the trip to Colorado and Utah for its final road trip of the year for the second straight year.
MAR. 2-5: ASU hosts the Bay Area schools in the final weekend of the year for the second straight year. It swept the Bay Area homestand for the first time since 1994-95 in 2013-14 and did the same last season. With the Pac-12 Tournament starting Wednesday (March 9), the league does not schedule Sunday games the final weekend. ASU has swept Cal the past two seasons (after not sweeping them since 1999-2000). ASU has topped Stanford in each of the past two seasons at home.